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starting from scratch
« on: July 05, 2008, 03:26:45 AM »
Hi all,

I'm a newbie here and found this very interesting forum concerning RW. Living in Switzerland, I'm soon divorced after a long (too long and about 5 years dead) 17 years marriage. No kids, fortunately in this case :)
Ok, now 47 years old (well, I feel a lot but not beeing "old") I want to have a partner, probably marry again and yes I still would love to have kids :)
What I know is I do not want any Western European Woman again, nope! As I am hobby related very fond of the US, I thought an AW would be great. But how to find? I began searching the net and wasn't very successful to find something clever, but everywhere poped sites with RW women up. Never thought about that, but I began to have a look. Oh wow!! What beauties showed up and what they say about theirselfs, great! I read a lot of fraud and scammers and was unsure, but I found an agency in Siberia which looks to be serious. Soon I may start to communicate with some woman, I wonder myself what turns out. Next week I will heading for some good pics of me and write the first introduction letters. I am pretty sure I will pop up soon with questions and any help from you experienced guys will be greatly appreciated!

Thank you for listening,
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Re: starting from scratch
« Reply #1 on: July 05, 2008, 03:46:13 AM »
Hi Caddydaddy!

And welcome to this superb forum. You should concider yourself lucky to have found it so early in your search. If you are listening to all the good advice from the more seasoned veterans in here, you will have much greater chance to be succesfull in your search, and you will avoid a lot of mistakes!

Personally I have read a lot here and it have helped me tremendously!  :)

Good luck in your search I hope you will find what you are looking for!  :)

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Re: starting from scratch
« Reply #2 on: July 05, 2008, 04:05:12 AM »
Hi Caddydaddy,

I think your country would be an additional plus for a RW. It enjoys an image of  peace, stability and respect. There is not a long way to go from Russia as well.

What do you think of European women, French and German, for instance? Would they make a competition for RWs?
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Re: starting from scratch
« Reply #3 on: July 05, 2008, 06:46:04 AM »
Welcome, Caddydaddy!

It's safe to say you came to the right place. We in the US are always a bit jealous of guys who have a few thousand miles head start, though I guess you'd say "kilometers".  ;)   

Read as much as you can, soon a lot of the scams will become so obvious it's almost funny.  Your choice will be whether to play with the scammers or ignore them.  Keep your eyes open, but don't lose your optimism.  And it's never too early to start studying Russian!  ;)

Best of luck.
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Re: starting from scratch
« Reply #4 on: July 05, 2008, 07:01:07 AM »
Welcome, Caddydaddy!

 Your choice will be whether to play with the scammers or ignore them. 

Yes I did play along in the beginning but got bored with talking with Yuri ;) He is so umimagniative, and he didn't send me good enough pictures ;)

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Re: starting from scratch
« Reply #5 on: July 05, 2008, 08:37:50 AM »
Caddydaddy,

Welcome!

Yes, get your feet wet by writing a few letters and then return to RWD with some questions.  You will have many!

Is golf your hobby?


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Re: starting from scratch
« Reply #6 on: July 05, 2008, 10:34:33 AM »
Remember that if you get the logistics right it is going to be easy to take some short trips to find the right woman before going in to longer ones to get to know her. That is the advantage of being in Europe.
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« Reply #7 on: July 05, 2008, 01:13:50 PM »
And theres Lily looking as pretty as ever replying to you on your first post. See how easy this is. You're already batting a 1000 and you havent even started yet. Now if you could just be so lucky that Mrs Anastasia Ash replies even though she's happily married to a very lucky man I might add, then you'll be spoiled and we might not be able to help you at all. You're at the right place and good luck.
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Re: starting from scratch
« Reply #8 on: July 05, 2008, 03:46:36 PM »
Caddydaddy,

Is golf your hobby?



Interesting. You were thinking golf and I was thinking cars.
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Re: starting from scratch
« Reply #9 on: July 05, 2008, 08:27:31 PM »
You're in great shape, CaddyDaddy - Russian women LOVE good chocolate! :)

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Re: starting from scratch
« Reply #10 on: July 06, 2008, 04:00:35 AM »
Hi all,
Thank you very much for the warmly welcome!  :)

What do you think of European women, French and German, for instance? Would they make a competition for RWs?

Well Lily, you never know, if the right one comes along..., but what bothers me most is the Western European feminism. Fact is 52% of all marriages get divorced, raising tendency. Fact is native Western European population decreases. You may ask why? I belive it has something to do with the manner women and men handle each other here. Women want to be another kind of men, feel instantly disadvantaged and discriminated, men are often irritated and resign. Better to do nothing than to be declared as macho or much worse, for example, if you say with no hidden agenda to a known woman at work "Good Morning, you are looking fantastic today", some women will declare this as molestation. Why can women not be women and men not be men in all respect for each other? Seems strange to me, somehow misrepresented. Of course, I could be wrong.

It's safe to say you came to the right place. We in the US are always a bit jealous of guys who have a few thousand miles head start, though I guess you'd say "kilometers".  ;)
Thank you myrddin, well, the US and Siberia have almost same distance from here  ;)

Yes, get your feet wet by writing a few letters and then return to RWD with some questions.  You will have many!
Is golf your hobby?
Hi Gator,
Yes, I will give it a try  :D

About my hobby, this may be the wrong forum, but I'll try to explaine:
Ok  ::) The true ones are usually older than 30 years and more. If you have one, you are hooked. They are real beauties, true elegant stunners. If you look at them, also after years, you will often discover something new you never noticed before. They are rocksolid, treated with care they last forever. If you get in them, you instantly feel comfortable. They are soft and smooth, on the other hand they can develope power you may get scared.
Am I talking about Russian Women? No, hehe, Caddies, some call them gas guzzlers  ;)


Let's start the adventure, thanks again,
CaddyDaddy

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Re: starting from scratch
« Reply #11 on: July 06, 2008, 08:20:06 AM »
Viking, you are correct!

My error is because I play too much golf now or don't give a crap about old cars from my youth.

Yes, Caddydaddy, I have a couple of senior friends with an old Cadillac.  Such a caddy can cost as much as a woman to buy and drive and maintain, especially an Eldorado convertible.  And they can betray you without warning.  However, I have never seen a shapely woman with 8.2 liters of power.  That would be DDD.  :D

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Better to do nothing than to be declared as macho or much worse, for example, if you say with no hidden agenda to a known woman at work "Good Morning, you are looking fantastic today", some women will declare this as molestation.


Some American women will do the same, especially if they consider you competition for advancement or they have no interest in you.  Some AW, however, adore it.  RW welcome such comments.

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Re: starting from scratch
« Reply #12 on: July 06, 2008, 08:56:02 AM »
Hi all,
Thank you very much for the warmly welcome!  :)

Well Lily, you never know, if the right one comes along..., but what bothers me most is the Western European feminism. Fact is 52% of all marriages get divorced, raising tendency. Fact is native Western European population decreases. You may ask why? I belive it has something to do with the manner women and men handle each other here. Women want to be another kind of men, feel instantly disadvantaged and discriminated, men are often irritated and resign. Better to do nothing than to be declared as macho or much worse, for example, if you say with no hidden agenda to a known woman at work "Good Morning, you are looking fantastic today", some women will declare this as molestation. Why can women not be women and men not be men in all respect for each other? Seems strange to me, somehow misrepresented. Of course, I could be wrong.
Thank you myrddin, well, the US and Siberia have almost same distance from here  ;)
Hi Gator,
Yes, I will give it a try  :D


   Correction: AW are shallow. If a man they deem attractive gives them a compliment, they will eat it up. If they are not attracted to you at all, they will view that compliment as a molestation.

  There are plenty of AW who dress up very nicely, go to the gym all the time and love to get compliments from men. Many flirty ones too. But it's gotta be the right man. For example when I hang out with my 6" blond hair, model looking friend. No matter what he says to women ,they eat it up. So when a bunch of friends go out together and we see a couple of beautiful ladies, we always send him over to make his intro as women love him. But if I'm alone and I say the same things he says I am looked on as a weirdo. Attraction is a universal language for men and women.

 

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Re: starting from scratch
« Reply #13 on: July 06, 2008, 09:01:56 AM »
For example when I hang out with my 6" blond hair, model looking friend. No matter what he says to women ,they eat it up. So when a bunch of friends go out together and we see a couple of beautiful ladies, we always send him over to make his intro as women love him. But if I'm alone and I say the same things he says I am looked on as a weirdo. Attraction is a universal language for men and women.

That's because 80% of communication is nonverbal.  ;D

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Re: starting from scratch
« Reply #14 on: July 06, 2008, 12:31:40 PM »
Hi Caddydaddy

Welcome to the forum.

Very interesting that you should choose in agency in Siberia ... !! I searched for five years  - on and off - NEVER considered Siberia - and ended up marrying my wonderful wife.... a Siberian :)

Perhaps you don't need too much advice ... Good luck!


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Re: starting from scratch
« Reply #15 on: July 06, 2008, 03:58:51 PM »
And theres Lily looking as pretty as ever replying to you on your first post. See how easy this is. You're already batting a 1000 and you havent even started yet. Now if you could just be so lucky that Mrs Anastasia Ash replies even though she's happily married to a very lucky man I might add, then you'll be spoiled and we might not be able to help you at all. You're at the right place and good luck.

Ha-ha-ha! I am here GreginGa.  ;)

Since I was a little girl I loved to look through a special book we had at home - it was about Switzerland and it's breathtaking natural views, mountains and cute old towns... I could look at those pictures for hours. That was a little window to 'heaven' for me. Now that this can actually come true, I would love to travel there...

http://www.pbase.com/fhenstridge/switzerland

Caddydaddy, welcome to the board! Why Siberia? If you look at TopSite page on this website you will be able to find more good and honest agencies much closer.

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Re: starting from scratch
« Reply #16 on: July 06, 2008, 04:04:17 PM »
Why Siberia? If you look at TopSite page on this website you will be able to find more good and honest agencies much closer.

Why not?  :) Siberia is a beautiful and interesting place to visit... and wonderful people  :)

Caddydaddy, welcome to Siberia  :)

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Re: starting from scratch
« Reply #17 on: July 06, 2008, 05:54:15 PM »
Viking, you are correct!

My error is because I play too much golf now or don't give a crap about old cars from my youth.


Maybe it is because I love cars and could not hit a golf ball if I tried!!! If I was on a course with you, the apporpriate word would not be 'fore", it would "incoming".  :o
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« Reply #18 on: July 06, 2008, 06:30:24 PM »
I think what has happened in this thread is a tragedy. You have all these beautiful women's photos in their avatars. You have smiling happy men with beautiful women flanking them. Is this fair to CaddyDaddy? Are you guys and gals setting the bar too high right out of the shoot?  Please help him to understand that this process is not so easy. The former USSR is filed with women that will take his money and rip his heart out and thats just the scammers, we haven't even discussed the strippers.

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Re: starting from scratch
« Reply #19 on: July 06, 2008, 07:52:50 PM »
The former USSR is filed with women that will take his money and rip his heart out and thats just the scammers, we haven't even discussed the strippers.

the strippers !!  :ROFL:

Speaking of strippers, I've heard discussions here about avoiding agency fees of, say $300 - $500, and yet, I've seen many men on my business trips drop $500 in an inebriated state in one night at an upscale strip club :-X  My thought was, wow - man! talk about comparing investments! If you find a good marriage agency, and if eventually through that you've married a wonderful woman, that sure beats dropping $500 in a strip club!

One valid point too, on this forum (and others) the unhappy married men probably do not contribute. I wonder how many that is?

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Re: starting from scratch
« Reply #20 on: July 06, 2008, 08:15:39 PM »
Old Russian joke.

A husband has returned from his tour to America. His wife interests about everything and even asks him about being him in a strip bar, promising that she will not be upset if he will tell the truth. The husband told her that he was. She asks him how much he paid. "$ 200" said the husband. His wife says indignantly: "I can do it just for $50". "OK" her husband replies giving her $50. After 10 minutes he says with with disappointment "Cheap is cheap..."

 

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« Reply #21 on: July 07, 2008, 12:27:26 AM »
Very interesting that you should choose in agency in Siberia ... !! I searched for five years  - on and off - NEVER considered Siberia - and ended up marrying my wonderful wife.... a Siberian :)
Perhaps you don't need too much advice ... Good luck!

Hi msmoby,
Thnak you and great that it worked out for you! I am not so sure if I don't need advice...

Since I was a little girl I loved to look through a special book we had at home - it was about Switzerland and it's breathtaking natural views, mountains and cute old towns... I could look at those pictures for hours. That was a little window to 'heaven' for me. Now that this can actually come true, I would love to travel there...

Caddydaddy, welcome to the board! Why Siberia? If you look at TopSite page on this website you will be able to find more good and honest agencies much closer.

Hi Anastassia,
Well, you see Switzerland with the eyes of a visitor, it is not all made out of gold what is shining and there are always two sides of a medal  ;)

Why not Siberia? It has kinda magic touch to me and the Altai region truly is fantastic, as far as I could see on the net! Ok, hum, which agencies are "proofed" reputable?

I think what has happened in this thread is a tragedy. You have all these beautiful women's photos in their avatars. You have smiling happy men with beautiful women flanking them. Is this fair to CaddyDaddy? Are you guys and gals setting the bar too high right out of the shoot?  Please help him to understand that this process is not so easy. The former USSR is filed with women that will take his money and rip his heart out and thats just the scammers, we haven't even discussed the strippers.

Hi GreginGa,

Good point, thank you! I am still not sure yet if I have made the right choice with the agency I started to deal with, even tought I didn't pay any money yet. Would it be indiscreet to publish their name on this forum? Maybe someone knows them and can confirm or give advice?

Thanks a lot,
CaddyDaddy

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Re: starting from scratch
« Reply #22 on: July 07, 2008, 01:18:30 AM »
the strippers !!  :ROFL:

Speaking of strippers, I've heard discussions here about avoiding agency fees of, say $300 - $500, and yet, I've seen many men on my business trips drop $500 in an inebriated state in one night at an upscale strip club :-X  My thought was, wow - man! talk about comparing investments! If you find a good marriage agency, and if eventually through that you've married a wonderful woman, that sure beats dropping $500 in a strip club!

One valid point too, on this forum (and others) the unhappy married men probably do not contribute. I wonder how many that is?

You know I never was a strip club guy. I have never really understood the fascination of watching some girl get naked that you will get thrown into jail if you touch. Now I've been forced at gun and knife point to enter a couple of these said establishments by my friends but I wasn't happy and didn't enjoy myself in the slightest. I do personally believe however there is a huge difference in strippers in the FSU and strippers here in the states. Mentally that is and physically as well.

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Re: starting from scratch
« Reply #23 on: July 07, 2008, 02:28:59 AM »
what bothers me most is the Western European feminism. Fact is 52% of all marriages get divorced, raising tendency.

Hi Caddydaddy  :)   I don't want to rain on your parade but divorce rate in FSU is just as high (well, if exclude Muslim population).   :(   But I think it's logical, because it's a pure luck to find The One from the first go.   So here it is, a 50-50 chance.    ;)

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Re: starting from scratch
« Reply #24 on: July 07, 2008, 06:24:57 AM »
Russian statistic for January-February 2008

marriages - 126,9 thousand
divorces -   109,4 thousand
http://www.polit.ru/news/2008/04/21/stat.html

 

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